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Testimony of Yona Yonas Tzeiger, born in Radauti, Romania in 1939, regarding his experiences as a child in Radauti, Obodovka, Yampol, Dorohoi and more.

Testimony
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Testimony of Yona Yonas Tzeiger, born in Radauti, Romania in 1939, regarding his experiences as a child in Radauti, Obodovka, Yampol, Dorohoi and more. Life in his parents' home; his father's recruitment to the Romanian army in 1939; his father's release due to his Jewish identity in 1940; " the uprising of the Legionnaires" in 1941; deportation to Obodovka in October 1941; outbreak of a typhus epidemic in 1941; working with villagers; existence of a torah scroll and orgazing a minyan for prayers; starvation; his father's transfer to construction works of a bridge over the Bug river in 1942; approach of the front; air-raids; his father's return; meeting with partisans; escape to Romania; stop on the way in Soroca, Yampol and Dorohoi; getting help from the Jewish community; attending a "heder"; return to Radauti at the end of 1944; restitution of family property; joining the Bnei Akiva movement ; life after the war; registration for aliya to Israel in 1958; aliya to Israel in 1963; absorption.
item Id
9579198
First Name
Ionas
Yona
Last Name
Tzeiger
Date of Birth
27/04/1939
Place of Birth
Radauti, Romania
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
30/08/2011
Date of Creation - latest
30/08/2011
Name of Submitter
צייגר יונה יונס
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video